The most classic of GAA clusterfucks demands the most classic of Balls.ie stories: The British Twitter Reaction.
It has been confirmed this morning that the All-Ireland football qualifier between Kildare and Mayo will go ahead in St Conleth's Park in Newbridge this Saturday evening at 7pm. It brings to an end a stand-off between Kildare and the GAA lasting almost 48 hours, as the Association sought to move the game to Croke Park to form a doubleheader with Cavan/Tyrone.
While the latter will now go ahead as a standalone fixture in Croke Park, Kildare have got their way. Here is how GAA fans online reacted.
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼Well done @KildareGAA proper order. Took time but @officialgaa did the right thing. Let’s get on with the the 🏐 now. Enough rubbish all week and not Kildare’s doing. https://t.co/E87nfdNpE3
— Tomás Ó Sé (@tomas5ky) June 27, 2018
Outrage in Cavan as the official 'Association of Mane Cavan Bastards' slam decision to move Kildare/Mayo game back to Newbridge, robbing Cavan fans of "incredible opportunity for doubleheader good value." #thoughttsandprayers #damngoodvalue
— Declan Varley (@declanvarley) June 27, 2018
Arguably Kildare football’s finest victory since 1928 https://t.co/z1jSxGRdfe
— Ronan Browne (@RonanBrownen) June 27, 2018
Some win for Kildare. Can it be repeated on pitch on Saturday?
— Matt Cooper (@cooper_m) June 27, 2018
Seems like #Kildare have won the battle, but #GAA will no doubt win the war & tighten up their rules to ensure they can move games with impunity going forward. Up to counties to keep an eye on this & study the small-print.
— David Sheehan (@DavidSSport) June 27, 2018
A bit of pressure on Kildare now not to get bate out the rusty gates of St Conleth's Park on Saturday evening #Newbridge
— Paul Brennan (@Brennan_PB) June 27, 2018
Fair play to everyone in @KildareGAA who refused to back down on this. It could prove to be a watershed moment in how the #GAA goes about its business. Here's hoping. Credit to the GAA too for doing the right thing, however belatedly.
— Pat Nolan (@pat_nolan) June 27, 2018
